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Discussion on: What Does C++ Do That Rust Doesn't?

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MurrayVarey

How much of modern C++ is a response to languages like Rust, I wonder.

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Ben Lovy

I think it's a back-and-forth.

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MurrayVarey

Absolutely. I've not used Rust much, but it's definitely good for C++ to have some quality competition.

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Jariullah Safi

I see it more as modern c++ and rust both being responses to modern complaints, rather than one informing the other (well, other than the obvious influences on Rust like how Rust strives to have its abstractions as lightweight as C++'s).